A Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) – Grand Depart GB 2027 – will maintain oversight of the delivery of the events and will manage public funding on behalf of DCMS, Scottish Government, Welsh Government and UK Sport.

The SPV is a Joint Venture between UKEL (a new sports events company) and British Cycling.

British Cycling will deliver the operational and business function, social impact and volunteer programmes along with all consumer facing functions, on behalf of partners.

We are now recruiting for a Readiness Lead to join our growing operations team.

This role is critical to ensuring that we are truly ready to deliver the Grand Departs across all functions and stakeholders. This experienced leader will coordinate and shape the Readiness programme to provide supportive challenge, operational improvements and stakeholder assurance.

The role-holder will manage the design and delivery of the Readiness programme to create a fully integrated programme which brings together internal functions, partners, stakeholders, and suppliers to ensure alignment, consistency, and high-quality delivery.